Pen



April 5, 1932. R GEORGE 1,852,112

PEN

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Patented Apr. 5, 1932 STATES PATENT ROSS F. GEORGE, F SEATTLE,WASHINGTON Application filed m 14, 1927. s m No.'191,316.

5 structure a feeder, or reservoir in which a supply of ink will becontained and from which ink will be fed to the nibs of the pen solelyby capillary attraction.

Heretofore it has been customary to provide pens of various kinds, suchas the ordinary writing pen, lettering, or marking pens,

etc., with reservoirs or feeders adapted to contain ink and from whichink is fed to the nibs of the pen points. feeders have been producedseparately from but adapted for attachment to a pen, and they have beenproduced in various forms including those constituting a reservoir perse and those adapted to cooperate with the body of the pen to form areservoir. While certain of the reservoirs, or feeders heretoforeproduced have been found substantially satisfactory, they have been opento certain objections chief among which are thenecessity for positivelyintroducing a supply of ink, difiiculty of cleaning and the costs ofmanufacturing and of assembly with the pen.

Now it is the object of my invention to provide a pen of any desiredstyle. as a writing, lettering. or marking pen and adaptable to any penholder. so constructed as to include integrally in its structure areservoir, or feeder for ink to which ink may be supplied by the meredipping of the pen and in which the ink will be retained and from whichink will be fed solely by capillary attraction; further to provide a penof the character indicated which will be simple and inexpensive tomanufacture and which may be readily and easily cleaned.

Having now indicated, in a general way,

the nature and purpose of my invention. 1

' Referringflmore particularly to Figures Such reservoirs, or

Fig. 3 is a side view of the pen shown in I Fig; 2. v V

Fig. 4 is aview-of the under surface ofthe pen shown in Fig. 2 showingthe reservoir, or feeder. V

Fig.5 is a side View showing a modification 'of the pen shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 is a view of a pen embodying a modification of my invention.

14,-a indicates a blank from which the pen a" is formed. The blank is,so'formed as to provide a shank b, for. insertion in ,a' pen holder, abody portion 0, provided with pierce holes f, a point 03, which issubsequently slit to form'nibs, and a pair of wings e on oppositesidesof the body and extending toward the end of the point.

In forming the pen af from the blank a,

the blank is first raised, as is usual in pen making practice; whichpositions the Wings 6 oppositely beneath the forwardend of the body ofthe pen. After the penis raised, it

is hardened and slitted as at g to formthe nibs. The wings e are thenpressed oppositelyat their end portions so as to give them the form anddirection, as shown in Fig. 4:,

with the end portions in substantial parallelism and spaced apart, andcurving from their end portions to the body of the pen.

-The wings 6 will spring to the desired form on the release of pressure,if they are pressed at their end portions into such position that theirfree ends touch. i r

If now the pen a is dipped into ink, the ink will fill the space betweenthe wings-e and the under" surface of the pen, which forms a reservoir,or feeder, and will be retained therein by capillary attraction. Whenthe penis used the ink will flow under the influence of capillaryattraction from between the free ends of the wings to the nibs of thepen. When the "feeder, or reservoir becomes empty, it may be refilled byredipping the pen in ink and when it is desired to clean the pen suchmay be readily accomplished, since the feeder, or reservoir is entirelyopen, the ink being held therein entirely by capillary attraction.

Referring more particularly to Figure 5,

of the wings v V neath the penasin'the previous modification.

the pen shown is of precisely the same con? struction as is the pen ofFigures 14 with the addition of an over feeder it in addition to theunder feeder formed by the wings e. The over-feeder k may be of anyconventional type formed separately and secured to the pen, orforinedfrom a tongue out out of and integralwith the body of the pen.

Referring more particularly to Figure 6, the pen a is provided with apoint d and slit as at g to form nibs. A tongue g'bent from the body ofthe pen and bent over on the top surface of the pen to extend toward thepoint, is slit from its free endand the wings produced thereby areturned outward- ..ly to form wings e positionedi1as sh W The spacebetween the wings 6 forms a reservoirin which ink will be-retained bycapillary attrac ion andrfrcm whichit will e fed to the point of the penbetween the free-lends 7 It will be understood that myinvention may beadapted to various types of pens ineludi g h e use f r o dinary writingp poses nid'tih e p ide as by bending up Wings 6 are located 'be- 4. Apen including a body and nibs, the nibs being formed by at least one inkfeeding slit, said pen having a reservoir for ink formed by oppositelypositioned wings connected to the body of the pen at their rear ends andextending forwardly beneath the pen toward the ends of the inibs, allportions of those parts, of the wings .adjacent the slit 7 extendingsubstantially perpendicularly to the body and nibs.

5. A pen including a body and nibs, the

nibs being formed by at least one ink feeding slit, said pen having areservoir for ink formed by oppositely positioned wings connected to thebody of the pen at their rear endsand extending forwardly above the pen-the:ni .s,- it v usly formed marking {surpens.

Ha ingi w f l y de ibed my inven ion,

what I claim and desire toprotect by Lettci s, Pate is l. A penincluding a body; and nibs and h v ng a r er oi f r ink form d by a p iI of oppositely positioned wings extendingbehea h the nder su face of epen rcmth bo y ow the nd o th :niibs, said wing in their extension beingoppositely-curved throughout the major portion of their extension andhaving end portions spaced apart and extending in substantial parallelma d a s ond re e voi fo med ye pai cf ppc it y pos tioned ing e en ingadjacent to the top surface of the. pen from the body toward theend ofthe nibs, ai la -nam d ng bei g un onn ed with the pen throughout theirforward excn icn. 1

fac s and in luding vlettering and marking 2. A pen including a body andnibs and v aving a r er i r ink fo med by pp sitely positioned wingsconnected to the body of-the pen at-their rear ends and extending fordly to ard h en s f the nib all po ti s o t-he wings xt nding su st nta y 5 perpendicularly to the body andnibs.

1 3. A'pen including a body and nibs, the

nibs being formed by at least one ink feeding slit, said pen having areservoir for ink formed by oppositely positioned wings conneeted to thebody of the pen at their rear ends ,and extending forwardly toward theends of the nibs, all portions of those parts of the wings adjacent theslit extending substantiall y perpendicularly to the body and nibs.

